AVP Business Analysis Practice Lead

About the Role

The AVP / Executive Director EPMO – Business Analysis Practice Lead leads and matures the enterprise business analysis and requirements management practice. This role establishes standards, tools, and methodologies to ensure high-quality requirements definition, traceability, and alignment to business outcomes across the enterprise portfolio. The Practice Lead provides subject matter expertise in requirements management to ensure business needs are effectively elicited, analyzed, documented, and validated, reporting directly to the SVP, Enterprise Project Management.

Responsibilities

• Defines and implements enterprise requirements management methodologies, standards, and templates.
• Establishes best practices for requirements elicitation, documentation, validation, and traceability; maintains playbooks, templates, and standard operating procedures for business analysis and requirements management.
• Ensures consistent adoption through governance, audits, and quality assessments; recommends and implements improvements to advance requirements management practices.
• Supports project intake and initial requirements framing as part of the enterprise intake “front door.”
• Assists in prioritization and planning by ensuring clarity and quality of business needs and scope.
• Applies governance standards to ensure requirements integrity throughout project lifecycles and supports portfolio structure to ensure alignment between business objectives and project outcomes.
• Defines and monitors metrics related to requirements quality, completeness, and stability.
• Supports portfolio health reporting through insights on scope clarity, change trends, and delivery risks; maintains data quality related to requirements artifacts, documentation, and traceability.
• Communicates insights on requirements-driven risks and impacts to stakeholders.
• Administers and supports requirements management tools and documentation platforms; provides guidance on the use of tools such as process mapping, traceability matrices, and backlog management.
• Gathers feedback and enhances tools, templates, and frameworks.
• Delivers training on requirements management best practices, tools, and methodologies; serves as mentor and coach to business analysts and delivery teams.
• Promotes continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and standardization across the analyst community.
• Conducts quality reviews of requirements and business analysis deliverables; identifies and escalates risks related to unclear or poorly defined requirements.
• Supports resolution of requirements-related issues in at-risk projects; drives improvements in requirements quality, stakeholder alignment, and business outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and ten (10) or more years of business analysis, requirements management, or process improvement experience.
• Strong expertise in requirements elicitation, process mapping, traceability, and validation techniques.
• Demonstrated leadership in establishing standards, coaching, and influencing analysis practices.
• Experience supporting portfolio reporting and governance frameworks.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Familiarity with SDLC methodologies and project delivery frameworks.
• Proficiency with business analysis and documentation tools, such as Visio, Excel, and requirements tools.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (ideal).
• CBAP or equivalent IIBA certification (ideal).
• PROSCI Practitioner Certification (ideal).
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent (ideal).
• Seven (7) or more years of experience in financial services, insurance, or consulting services (ideal).
• Experience within enterprise PMO or governance organizations (ideal).